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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Miami, FL

June 7, 2007Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 6:17 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2007, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 6:35 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 355 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KMFL 072218
TORMFL
FLC051-072245-
/O.NEW.KMFL.TO.W.0012.070607T2217Z-070607T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
617 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG STATE 
  ROAD 29 WEST OF KERI...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FELDA.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN
ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT
305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 2665 8138 2664 8146 2652 8149 2652 8128

$$

DG
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMFL 072235
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
635 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007

FLC051-072245-
/O.CAN.KMFL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070607T2245Z/
HENDRY FL-
635 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HENDRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED. THUS THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2665 8138 2664 8146 2652 8149 2652 8128

$$

DG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward67 min
Jun 7, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward39 min
Jun 7, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade53 min
Jun 7, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLMiami-Dade45 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.